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"Tug–O–War" looks at a person pulled in different directions, coming to grips with the conflict in his heart: "Go back and forth until it's learned/To suffer now or nothing's gained/…Push and pull, collecting doubt…/Lost inspiration, panic on the rise/A severed attempt ignored, the reason never outweighs the truth…/The liars club cometh shame/So hand it off, don't care enough/Ignorance is in blissful reach."

Perhaps the most "Christian" song on the album is "The Clincher" (excerpted above), a driving rocker with lots of spiritual imagery (could this be their take on The Passion?).

While it'd be an overstatement to say that these songs are inspiring declarations of faith—especially considering a couple of minor profanities interspersed throughout the record—Chevelle aren't producing overly depressing teen–angst anthems, either. The guys are still Christians—or "recovering Catholics," as they once jokingly told an interviewer—and this is hinted at in the veiled hope of these songs.

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